Issue 9 call for submissions

The call for submissions for Backlight Issue 9 is now open: the new theme is “Hit the road!”.

Hit the road! will be the introspective issue dedicated to this intimate urge to escape and wander around… In this initiatory trip to find something you’ve lost (soul? inspiration? trust? faith?) rules change : you don’t fear loneliness, you allow yourself to get lost, and you are open to serendipity.

In this particular escape, all you will need is a backpack, a map (or nowadays a GPS or iphone) and the will to forget everything else to just be here and now, on unknown territory. No need to be on a mythical road-trip, or to aim an exotic destination. “Hit the road!” is a mindset, an impulse to escape what’s pressuring you, to find yourself again. As the saying goes, remember “It’s the journey [that counts], not the destination”.